Stop TB Afghanistan: successfully developing a local fund raising strategy

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1 Stop TB Afghanistan: successfully developing a local fund raising strategy Dr Syed Karam Shah WHO Afghanistan Building national and international partnerships to ensure a sustainable response to TB challenges - IUATLD Conference KL, Malaysia, November

2 Afghanistan National Partnership to Stop TB A nationally registered, representative body constituted in 2008 It aims to ensures equal & active participation of public & private health sectors, civil society (patients, NGOs, INGOS, religious groups), multilateral and bi lateral developments agencies, organizations It has been mandated to expand TB care and address marginalized populations through innovative resource mobilization and care delivery solutions 2

3 What are the activities of partnership? 1. inclusiveness & ownership all sectors involved in TB care are part of the national partnership 2. setting strategic priorities and guiding distribution of resources National partnership mobilizes donors to support TB care 3. promotion of patients activism Creation of patients groups at national & sub national levels 3

4 What are the activities of partnership? 4. addressing vulnerable populations (women) More women than men affected by TB in Afghanistan 5. financial & social support campaigns Innovations like Ramadan zakat donation campaign 6. creation of sub national partnerships that address local needs In Kandhar, Herat,, Mazar I Sharif 4

5 Fund raising by National Partnership Three pronged strategy for fund raising 1. Sustaining support of traditional donors 2. Actively pursuing & strengthening local resources (money and material) and 3. Finding new donors 5

6 Sustaining support of traditional donors Developing long term relationships with bi lateral donors due to unique environment of country e.g. USAID, CIDA, Italian Cooperation, JICA Understanding donor priorities and developing linkages (CIDA in Kandhar, Italian Coop. in Heart ) Offering complementarities (Herat reference laboratory developed by Italian Coop., run with Global Fund resources) Proactively engaging, sustaining relationships (timely reporting, conducting advocacy for donors at different forums, developing products (e.g. CIDA booklet & video) Advocacy for Global Fund resources (e.g. resolution of Global Fund disbursement delay, an effort of partnership through advocacy and networking) 6

7 Actively pursuing and strengthening local resources Yearly Ramadan zakat campaign Donations are collected in money, food and other material forms Partnership Board members contribute themselves first WHO TB staff salary announcement as contribution Tapping business sector through philanthropy appeal (e.g. Chamber of commerce) Sub national partnerships (e.g. Herat partnership chair is a business who contributed himself and encouraged others ) 7

8 Finding new donors Linkages have been developed with Foreign missions and embassies (e.g. NTP/Partnership joint visits) French Initiative approached through Global Fund Board member Offering visibility opportunity to anyone interested in supporting TB (e.g. genital TB ward has been refurbished by a pharmaceutical company in KBL) Offering value for money (e.g. real, deserving, patients to get food from World Food Program-food support for every TB patient has been secured 8

9 Way forward Continuously working with traditional donors and offering value for money, demonstrating contribution of their investment (e.g. recent review mission) Strengthening NTP technical assistance from WHO to write quality proposals (e.g. TBREACH, Global Fund, CIDA, Italian Coop.) Promoting strategic thinking and optimal use of available resources through TB Task Force to avoid activity duplication Promoting synergies with other health programs e.g. Children Hospital in Herat being used for TB and training of health work force in general 9

10 Glimpses of Partnership activities Inclusiveness & ownership 10

11 Promoting patients & affected community activism 11

12 Addressing vulnerable populations (women) 12

13 Financial & social support 13